Cast
This was the first film to feature both John Hurt and Nigel Hawthorne. Both later starred together in two other animated features, The Plague Dogs (which was also based on a Richard Adams book), and The Black Cauldron. Hurt and Richard Briers (who voiced Hazel and Fiver, respectively, in the film) later returned to voice General Woundwort and the new character, Captain Broom, respectively in the 1999 TV series remake.
| Hazel | John Hurt | Rabbit |
| Fiver | Richard Briers | Rabbit |
| Bigwig | Michael Graham Cox | Rabbit |
| Captain Holly | John Bennett | Rabbit |
| Threarah | Ralph Richardson | Rabbit |
| Blackberry | Simon Cadell | Rabbit |
| Silver | Terence Rigby | Rabbit |
| Pipkin | Roy Kinnear | Rabbit |
| Dandelion | Richard O'Callaghan | Rabbit |
| Cowslip | Denholm Elliott | Rabbit |
| Kehaar | Zero Mostel | Black-headed Gull |
| General Woundwort | Harry Andrews | Rabbit |
| Campion | Nigel Hawthorne | Rabbit |
| Hyzenthlay | Hannah Gordon | Rabbit |
| Blackavar | Clifton Jones | Rabbit |
| Chervil/Vervain | Derek Griffiths | Rabbit |
| Lord Frith | Michael Hordern | Deity |
| Black Rabbit | Joss Ackland | Deity |
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